Responding to Medical Conspiracy Theories #473

Abstract

Get full access to this article

View all access options for this article.

References

“Conspiracy theory. ”

Merriam-Webster

. com

Dictionary

, Merriam-Webster. Available from: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conspiracy%20theory [Last accessed: September 5, 2023].

Oliver

, Wood

. Medical conspiracy theories and health behaviors in the United States. JAMA Intern Med, 2014; 174(5):817–818.

Parker-Pope

Bill Maher vs. the Flu Vaccine. Well Blog: New York Times; 2009.

Bearman

Just-so stories: Vaccines, autism, and the single bullet disorder. Soc Psychol Q, 2010; 73(2):112–115.

Sharfstein

JM.

Vaccines and the trump administration. JAMA, 2017; 317(13):305–306.

Gottlieb

SD.

Vaccine resistances reconsidered: Vaccine skeptics and the Jenny McCarthy effect. BioSocieties, 2016; 11(2):152–174.

Uscinski

, Enders

, Klofstad

, et al. Why do people believe COVID-19 conspiracy theories? Harv Kennedy Sch Misinformation Rev, Special Issue on COVID-19 and Misinformation, 2020 Apr;1:1–12.

Marques

, Douglas

, Jolley

Practical recommendations to communicate with patients about health-related conspiracy theories. Med J Aust, 2022; 216(8);381–382.